The perjury trial of Inderjit Singh Reyat, accused of lying under oath during the prolonged Kanishka bombing trial, is likely to be deferred again till June 7.
The trial for Reyat, charged with lying during testimony at the Air India trial, may now be delayed till June due to scheduling conflicts involving his lawyer, Ian Donaldson, media reports said.
The trial was originally scheduled to begin on May 18 and has seen several previous adjournments.
On March 8, the trial was deferred as a Canadian judge dismissed the jury as it was about to hear the perjury trial,
saying he feared the panel may have been tainted.
British Columbia Supreme Court justice Mark McEwan had
ordered that a new jury be selected. He said a remark allegedly made by one juror to others on the panel may have tainted the jury as it was being selected last week.
Reyat was charged four years ago with lying 27 times during his testimony at the trial of Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, both of whom were acquitted of involvement in the Kanishka bombing.
Both men were acquitted and Reyat was charged with lying 27 times when he was called as a Crown witness in the trial of Malik and Bagri.
Reyat is the only person found guilty in the bombing of Air India Flight 182, which killed 329 people. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2003 and received a five-year jail term.
Reyat finished his five-year manslaughter sentence and was granted bail in the perjury case in 2008. If convicted, he could face a maximum sentence of 14 years.
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